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Emanuel Navarrete wins WBO title at featherweight but he doesn’t impress, writes Eric Armit EMANUEL NAVARRETE became a two-division titlist when he won the vacant WBO featherweight belt with a unanimous 12-round victory over Ruben Villa in Las Vegas on Friday (October 9) . On the surface, it opens the door to some tasty fights

Issue • Opinion • Premium Mikey Williams/Top Rank The third instalment of Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder continues to draw contrasting reports, writes George Gigney as he rounds up the week’s leading stories from the boxing media Websites So, the Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy fight is… off? On? Does anyone actually know? According

History Joe Calzaghe wins his first world title with victory over veteran Chris Eubank JOE CALZAGHE w pts 12 CHRIS EUBANKOctober 11, 1997; Sheffield Arena, Sheffield“I DROPPED Eubank really early but I was gassed after six rounds,” Joe Calzaghe told Boxing News as recently as this summer. “That was my toughest fight, getting through the

History Samuel Peter slowly but surely beaten to a pulp by the returning Vitali Klitschko VITALI KLITSCHKO w rtd 8 SAMUEL PETEROctober 11, 2008; O2 World Arena, Berlin, GermanyIN what with hindsight was quite a miserable time for the heavyweight division, Vitali Klitschko ended a three-year retirement and dethroned WBC champion, Samuel Peter, with clinical

News Liam Williams blitzes outgunned Robinson, while Nathan Gorman lumbers through comeback fight FEROCIOUS middleweight Liam Williams did not hesitate as he defended his British title from Andrew Robinson on Saturday night at the BT Sport studios. Starting quickly, he lined up a booming combination, a straight right setting up the left before another hard

Boxers • Issue • Premium Qais Ashfaq, a man who believes, speaks to Paul Wheeler When and why you started boxing:I was eight, nearly nine, when I started. My cousin used to box and his dad, my uncle, saw that I had an interest in the sport, so he promised that he’d take me to

Reliving one of the greatest victories in British boxing history with the man who orchestrated it, John H Stracey. By Ian Probert “THE phone rang one morning and it was Terry Lawless. He said: ‘I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you. The good news is you’re fighting Nápoles on 06 December.

The tenacious Liam Williams refuses to wait idly by for Demetrius Andrade, writes Matt Bozeat THERE’S more than the British middleweight title at stake when Liam Williams defends against mandatory challenger Andrew Robinson at the BT Sport Studio in Stratford on Saturday night (October 10). Williams goes into the fight as the mandatory for WBO

History A packed Old Trafford see the Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn rivalry end in a draw NIGEL BENN draw pts 12 CHRIS EUBANKOctober 9, 1993; Old Trafford, ManchesterONE of the most eagerly awaited fights in British boxing history was three years in the making. Since losing his WBO middleweight title to Chris Eubank in 1990, Nigel

Opinion We ask Adam Smith, Mike Costello, Alex Steedman and Ronald McIntosh about being a commentator What’s the hardest thing about being a commentator? Adam SmithSky Sports commentatorI’ve wanted to be a commentator since I was 11 and I’ve been doing it in many ways ever since. It is very hard and different every time.

John Rawling reflects on his career and explains the new challenges of commentating without a crowd to Matt Bozeat AFTER four decades as a ringside commentator, John Rawling probably didn’t expect to face any new challenges. Covid-19 has changed everything and since British boxing returned to BT Sport in July, Rawling has been commentating without

The impressive Emanuel Navarrete moves up to featherweight with a showdown against Josh on his radar for 2021, writes Matt Bozeat ASKED to name his targets recently, Emanuel Navarrete answered: “Josh Warrington” and he will appear on the IBF featherweight champion’s radar with victory this week. On Friday night (October 9), Navarrete steps up from

Opinion Getty Images Eddie Hearn talks to Boxing News from isolation for the latest Opening Bell podcast EDDIE HEARN, still in isolation after testing positive for Covid, joins Matt Christie and Alex Steedman this week and covers a lot of ground. He explains why Lomachenko-Lopez is not being shown on Sky Sports, discusses his frustration

Amateur • Issue • Premium John Dennen on the search for some solutions to the problems afflicting the amateur game THIS week we’ve been looking further at the problems afflicting amateur boxing clubs and the sport overall. We’ve been speaking to coaches across the country to get a deeper sense of the issues they’re having

News Former champ Alan Minter to be laid to rest ON Friday (October 9), former world middleweight champion Alan Minter will be laid to rest. His funeral will be a private affair due to limited numbers, but the family have arranged for Minter, on a horse-drawn carriage, to pass through Crawley Hight Street at 12.35

Boxers • Issue • Premium Paul Wheeler talks to Franklin Ignatius, a big fan of James ‘Lights Out’ Toney When and why you started boxing:I started boxing at [social youth organisation] Box Up Crime, but my first amateur club was Golden Gloves in Liverpool. I started there when I was 18 years old, as a

Issue • Opinion • Premium It remains unclear when Deontay Wilder will actually attempt to avenge his defeat to Tyson Fury, writes George Gigney in his media review YouTube WITH confirmed Covid-19 cases rising at an alarming rate and figures like Donald Trump and then Eddie Hearn contracting the virus, we’re now facing the sobering

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium In a bar of no return in Mississippi 20 boxers, their trainers, agents, managers, wingmen, gunmen and more, were told that the million dollars they were set to win had disappeared. Steve Bunce sets the scene THE big men gathered in a surly mix, sitting at the poker machines